Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1923

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1923 were Mary for girls (2,371 babies) and James for boys (2,423). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,663 babies born in Tennessee in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1923

Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Trula: 24 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Dimple: 17 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Robbie: 51 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Nelle: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Georgie: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rubye: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Era: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Vergie: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Tommie: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reba: 78 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Edd: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jewel: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hobert: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Clay: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Buford: 37 babies, 6× the national rate
Noble: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rogers: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Will: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Arlie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elbert: 68 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	2,371	–	1
2	Dorothy	947	–	2
3	Margaret	634	–	4
4	Mildred	570	–	8
5	Helen	549	–	3
6	Frances	496	↑2	10
7	Ruby	491	–	25
8	Virginia	455	↑1	7
9	Martha	442	↑1	21
10	Ruth	437	↓4	6
11	Annie	399	–	34
12	Elizabeth	367	–	9
13	Willie	322	↑1	67
14	Evelyn	302	↑1	12
15	Betty	295	↑14	5
16	Louise	294	↓3	22
17	Gladys	293	–	29
18	Thelma	285	↑3	31
19	Hazel	283	↑1	40
20	Edna	276	↓4	32
21	Anna	273	↓2	13
22	Pauline	250	↓4	37
23	Sarah	250	–	54
24	Juanita	240	↑3	51
25	Mattie	215	↑1	>100
26	Edith	214	↓4	36
27	Clara	205	↑3	49
28	Lillian	203	↓4	20
29	Alice	201	↑2	15
30	Marie	187	↓5	14
31	Doris	186	↑17	11
32	Georgia	184	↑6	>100
33	Lucille	180	–	35
34	Katherine	171	↑1	60
35	Emma	169	↓3	53
36	Irene	166	↓8	17
37	Bessie	163	↓1	81
38	Lois	162	↑12	27
39	Ethel	161	↓5	38
40	Myrtle	159	↑1	84
41	Jessie	158	↓4	94
42	Lillie	158	↑2	91
43	Geneva	147	↓3	>100
44	Christine	145	new	>100
45	Nancy	140	new	75
46	Opal	139	↑1	>100
47	Eva	136	↓4	66
48	Elsie	135	new	61
49	Alma	134	–	89
50	Minnie	134	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	2,423	–	4
2	William	1,556	–	3
3	John	1,248	–	1
4	Robert	1,019	–	2
5	Charles	916	–	5
6	George	548	–	6
7	Thomas	505	–	12
8	Joe	342	↑2	35
9	Edward	331	–	8
10	Paul	320	↓2	14
11	Willie	314	↑1	30
12	Roy	303	↑1	32
13	Henry	296	↓2	18
14	Frank	285	↑4	11
15	Walter	265	↓1	16
16	Jack	257	↑1	17
17	Joseph	249	↑2	7
18	Fred	235	↓2	33
19	Carl	227	↓4	28
20	Clarence	214	↑1	29
21	Raymond	207	↑1	15
22	Earl	199	↑7	31
23	Harold	199	↑5	13
24	Ralph	192	↑1	23
25	Howard	181	↓5	26
26	Albert	179	↓3	20
27	Ernest	176	–	38
28	Richard	173	↑2	9
29	Charlie	166	↑2	79
30	Samuel	163	↓4	45
31	Kenneth	161	↑3	21
32	Arthur	155	↑4	19
33	Clyde	153	↓1	68
34	David	149	↓1	24
35	Eugene	143	↓11	25
36	Harry	137	↓1	22
37	Billy	132	↑13	78
38	Ray	131	–	61
39	Jesse	125	–	83
40	Floyd	109	↑6	64
41	Herman	104	↑1	66
42	Elmer	102	↓2	57
43	Herbert	100	new	40
44	Claude	99	↓7	>100
45	Cecil	97	↓4	87
46	Lee	96	new	85
47	Sam	96	new	89
48	Luther	94	↑1	>100
49	Clifford	92	↓2	65
50	Jessie	92	↓6	>100

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